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R -- MOBILE TRAINING SUPPORT SOL DAHA23-99-Q-0128 DUE 092099 POC CPT Karen A. Smith, smithka@mo-arng.ngb.army.mil E-MAIL: smithka@mo-arng.ngb.army.mil, smithka@mo-arng.ngb.army.mil. This amendment is a summary of changes to the solicitation due to incorporation of a site visit held on 8 September 1999 and presents a revision to the scope of the requirement (not discussed at the site visit). The following information is hereby incorporated into Solicitation DAHA23-99-Q-0128: Scope of this requirement is changed from 400 man hours per week of help-desk & mobile training support/web application programmer support to 4300 hours of mobile support training personnel distributed throughout the performance period. Training classes/briefings will be scheduled 30 days in advance by the COR. The contractor must provide one trainer for each scheduled event given a 30 day notice of the event. The knowledge required and desired for the mobile training support personnel is the same as listed in the original synopsis for the help-desk & mobile training support. Mobile training personnel will not be required to be on-site at Ike Skeleton Training Site. Duties of the mobile training support personnel are the same as listed in the original synopsis except delete (3) help-desk support which includes training users in the use of hardware and software associated with the UTMS systems, and respond to questions from system users needing assistance. Deliverables remain the same as listed in the original synopsis except delete (6) In-Progress Review and add Weekly Production Schedule: the Contractor will provide the COR with a production schedule that details planned activities for the following week for each person assigned/billing to the project. Weekly Production Schedule is due each Friday (preceding the week's activities). Evaluation factors remain the same and all other instructions to offerors on what to submit for their proposal remain the same except proposals are due on September 20, 1999 by 1300 hours and two resumes of individuals who will be mobile support training personnel (other resumes will need to be submitted at the beginning of the performance period) are required to be submitted with your proposal. Offeror's Representations and Certifications are not part of the past performance section of the proposal. This contract is projected to be a one year effort. The intention is to recompete, based up lessons learned in the current performance period. ProSoft Corporation is a "partial" incumbent, related to the Mobile Training Team effort. There is no incumbent for the entire SOW/requirement as advertised. Contractor will identify one representative to act as lead, and coordinate with COR on contract activities. COR and contractor lead will coordinate the next weeks activities and future travel/training schedules. The government billing period is monthly. Travel Time/hours will be counted within the scope of work. Overtime will not be supported. The number of hours stated in the requirement is fixed. Travel on holidays may occur, but only rarely, with at least 30 days prior notice to the contractor. The government schedules training for the Active Army and Reserves Components for the fiscalyear. The government will maintain the master training schedule. All travel will be conducted using Invitational Travel Orders, provided by the government, using the per diem rates established in the Joint Travel Regulation(s). The travel costs, required to be submitted by the contractor would be if he/she envisioned any other travel costs. The contractor, as a component of the routine support requirement will plan/schedule travel arrangements (airline, lodging, auto reservations). Arrangements will be approved by the COR, to ensure that the must efficient use of travel funds (consistent with the JTR is achieved). The contractor will coordinate with point of contact by voice, fax and/or e-mail. The contractor, using GFE equipment and materials. will produce and ship training materials/discs in a timely fashion. The contractor will assign specific trainers to training missions. The government, supported by the contractor will market SATS/TROUPERS training to Active Army and Reserve Components. Assume that units receiving training already have SATS/TROUPERS software sets for distribution to students. Additional copies may be provided by the government. Mobile training support personnel must have the technical ability to load the software on a pre-existing machine. The government will receive/maintain authorization letter signed by field grade officer or civilian equivalent. The minimum number of travel events is 100; the maximum is constrained by the fixed number of man-hours. There may be a mixture of government and contractor personnel supporting mobile and on-site training. The contractor should assume that one contractor person will be deployed to support each class occurrence, without regard to government participation. The contractor will always provide the team lead for the training team. The mobile training team will always be at least two persons. UTMS courses, training and sustainment will be performance oriented. The government, supported by the contractor will market, schedule, and deliver Commander/Staff briefings which will be for information only. Government furnished equipment (GFE) includes laptops and LCD projectors. Pre-existing lesson plans, programs of instruction, and artifacts will be provided as Government Furnished Information (GFI). Access to GFI and subject matter experts (SMEs) will be provided on-site. The government intends to develop computer based training capabilities in association with this requirement. ASAT (Automated Systems Approach to Training) does not apply to this requirement. Efforts associated with developing, installing, testing and evaluating UTMS will be conducted by the contractor, in coordination with the COR. Validation will be accomplished using contractor developed scripts and checklist coordinated with the COR. TROUPERS stands for Training, Readiness and Operations, Unit Planning, Execution Resourcing System. The COR will coordinate and prioritize effort through the contractor lead person. No security clearance is required. The operating system for work stationsis MS Windows. The network platform is Windows NT. Prior to replacing personnel, the Contractor shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Contracting Officer and COR that the qualifications of the prospective replacement personnel are equal to or better than the qualifications of any personnel being replaced. Acceptance of contractor personnel procedures are as follows: for the resumes being submitted at the beginning of the performance period, the government has the right to reject personnel that do not meet the qualifications required by the SOW/contract. Contractor must be able to start performance within 2 weeks of receipt of award. Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378575). (0252)

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